Ok, cleaned out the equal  signs.

Original msg From: Eric Oyen <[log in to unmask]>

here is an alternative that is pretty easy to build.

1 you will need 50 feet of PVC pipe and at least 1/4 wave of enameled
magnet wire. the idea here is to make a helical wound antenna (much like
a firestik. the windings will need to be widely spaced at the bottom
(about 1 turn per foot and gradually reducing to a tight wound coil near
the top. You can also create loaded ground radials this way. The ground
radials definitely need to be 1/4 wave long (electrically). the vertical
element can be 1/4 up to 3/4 waves (wound). THis will make an excellent
low space vertical antenna.

as a second (receive only) you can create a magnetic loop antenna that
is not much larger than 10 feet in diameter. the top will be split and a
tuning cap placed there. there is also a secondary coupling loop (this
will directly connect to the coax). with the addition of a preamp, you
will have a station that can produce a decent signal on 160 with the
ears to match.

DE n7zzt Eric
See how this looks.

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Chris 
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On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 01:08:40PM -0700, Eric Oyen wrote: